1972Final results
1972 election for Michigan House District 42
Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan
Deforrest Strang (R) won with 64.3% of the vote, defeating Stuart Cochran (D) by 28.6 points.
Deforrest StrangRepublican · winner · incumbent
64.3%18,297
Stuart CochranDemocrat
35.7%10,163
28,460 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1972
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET